Corncob buttering machine



May 23, 1950 P. w. scHlcK 2,508,689

CORNCOB BUTTERING MACHINE Filed June 25, 1947 3 Sheets-Sheet l I )1 water Paul W Schick wi away lim Fig. l.

y 3, 1950 P. w. SCHICK CORNCOB BUTTERING MACHINE 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 25, 1947 Inventor Paul W. Schick W 1 -May P. w. SCHICK 2,508,689 CORNCOB BUTTERING MACHINE 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 May 23, 1950- Filed June 25, 1947 v Sm m 0 m9 P Patented May 23, 1950 inventionlrelates vices, andmore particularly m eomcwbuttermachine including ,an' endlessflconlleyorpbr eranveiy mounted. on'a frame, a,liqi iidbutter resrvoir with restricted outlets in thelbasethereof to allow the liquid. butter to gravitate downw my, :into corncobscarried under, the'reser'voir by the conveyor, thedevice including novel reseryoirl mounting means, and prushio: multiple elier'acter adapted to spread the butterleve'nlyon the colg s.v 7 I primary; object of this invention is to, ac+ eelerate and ,Isimplify the Process, of. buttering e rncobs,'..and the device has .been developed a'rily ifor the use o f,vendorsjofl buttered corn he cob, as at ,beach,,resorts and amusement C t r a l j. Q Another objectof this invention is to, provide ,a device. of this-character which wiliunii'ormly coat c' qrncobs, with a film of. butter and which will be very economical .inrthle .use' of thisbutter, the deyice including means t .lipritsth'e flow v.01 liquid butter when no vcob is incontaet ,withlthe brush seread me Another object of this invention isto p rovide a cutt ng shuttering achine which" isyery e si clea ed. and in whi mea s .incoreqra d to .cpn i ,.,mois u .,9 b t er whie rma gdx v from the corncobs.

An a st ll iiir h rjpbiecmf, h s inYe n is t rr vide me nss s s ad ust n the ten iqap t eqg ve or an m ans o autq e galirau ting the device ior use with corncobs' iiierent sizes. c r, I I ilast Object to be specificallymentioned is to provide a corncob buttering inachinewhich relatively inexpensive andjpraticabl'e to: anufacture, extremely simple and convenihttb use, the conveyor being ordinarily motor driven, and wines will give generally eflicient and durable service, .i A

With these objects definitely in view, this in vention resides inv certain novelieatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafter described in detail in the specification, particularly" pointed out in the claims hereunto appended, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a naterial ,part of this application, and in which: ,mglire 1 is a side elevational view ofthe' as- V, inbledmachine; lL .,Eigure.,2 is a top plan vlew oi the assembled ma ne; A i s ',I ?igure,3 ,is an end elevational view of the assembled machine, the view bei'n'g taken a rrqm t 'right hand end of Figure} j Figure 4 r is a fragmentary enlarged ve icial sectional view of a portion the'macliine, taken on the line 4-4 in Figure 3;

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I Application as as, isiiseriaii ze. 756,853 sv generally: to attest iie- 2 View. of the butteringmeans, assembly; tha view being taken on the line 5-5 Figure 1; andf Figurefi is anenlarged detail view offa portion of the drip pan and the removable receptacle 5ecured thereon, the view being a vertical sectional view taken on the line 6li in Figure .1, x

Similar characters of reference designate similar or identical parts and portions throughout the specification and throughout the several views ofthe d n Reierring now to these drawings in detail, it will be noted that this machine is supported on aframe comprised essentially of horizontally dis posed top outside frame members 10, top end members-l2 and I4, cross brace members I6, I8, 20; 22 and 24 end legs ?6 and 28, a Dairof'ine termediate iegsail and a complement of attach; n bq t fli v j An endless conveyor 34 is inounted on the sprocket wheels, the sprocket wheel 36 being mounted at o'ne end of the frame and at thetop thereof the sprocket wheel 38 being mounted at the other end of the frame and on a level with the sprocket 36, and the sprocket wheel 40 being mounted on a shaft 42 whichis connected with the gear reduction, assembly 44 associated withthe electric motor 46. This electric motor is adjustablebymeans of the bolts 48 on'j'the plate 50. The plate 50 isprovided'with a plu} rality of slots 52 N and is 1aterally, offset ror "at"; tachment to the legs 28 and by means ofthe bolts or ,rivets 54 fI'he sprocket wheel 38 "is mountedpn a shaft 55 whch terminally mounted in angle plates 58 secured by' bolts T60 tothecross brace member 24 and the'end' frame memb 12- s v 5 .The Sprocket wheel 36 is similarly mounted on a pair of angle, iron brackets BZ which aresecured in spaced relation tothe cross brace mend-'- ber l6 and, the end frame member l4.

1 An elongated trough,member of a length substantially equal tothe length of the frame, is secured on the top of the frame bybolts 66 and the. :chainj34 travels thin t i ou la c 1 trated in Figure 5. The base oj the troughjis apertured' as at to allowexcess butter and any condensedmoisture to escape through the base of'the'trough andto, fall into the drip pan 10 which is coextensive in' length with the, frame andis" U-shaped in crossjsection. ,Itshould be noted that this drip pan isbent intermediate the 'length""thereoi s'ofthat thev excess butter and moisture thereinto will gravitate towards an interm'ediatevpoint where a bracket 12 is secured, this bracket and the registering portion .of the base'ofthe drip pan being apertured as at 14 to provide access to the' receptacle 1 6 which is ad'aptedt'o be screwed onto the bracket 12, all as clearly illustrated in Figure 6. In this connection it should be noted that the drip pan I0 is terminally secured, as by welding, to leg cross braces I8 at one end of the frame and to other braces 80 and 82 at an intermediate portion and at the other end of the frame, respectively.

Intermediate the length of the frame, and on the top thereof, there is a block 84 which is provided with a deep channel on the upper surface thereof to receive the trough 64, this block being secured in place by bolts 06 insertedthrough the cross braces I8 and 20 and into the base of the block. The liquid butter reservoir 88 is mounted on this block to slide vertically by means of a plurality of spaced pins 90 which are rigidly secured to the base of the reservoir and extend downwardly into suitable bores provided in the block 84. The reservoir 88 is provided with a removable cap or cover 92 and the base of the reservoir is upwardly arcuate as at 94, ther being a plurality of apertures 96 provided in this arcuate portion to allow the liquid butter 98 which will be placed in the reservoir to gravitate into the centers of brushes I which are secured in any suitable manner radially of this arcuate por tion, the attached end of each brush encircling one of the apertures 98. One end of this arcuate portion of the reservoir 88, that is the end thereof adjacent the cross brace I8, is outwardly flared to guide a corncob E82 to the portion provided with the brushes I00, and the block 84 is provided with similar brushes I04 which are also disposed substantially radially of the corncob I02 when the same is being moved by the chain 34 between the brushes I00 and the lower brushes I04.

The endless sprocket chain 34 is provided with a plurality of teeth I06 and these teeth are so proportioned and positioned on the chain to adapt the same for impaling or pushing the cobs I02 along the top of the machine. The teeth will ordinarily be welded to individual links in the chain, as indicated at I08.

The operation of this invention will be clearly understood from the foregoing description of the mechanical details thereof, taken in connection with the above recitation of the objects sought to be achieved by this invention but in recapitulation it may be noted that the corncobs I02 will be manually placed on the portion of the revolving chain 34 disposed as to the left in Figure 1, the cobs being carried by the chain into contact with the brushes I00 and I04. Liquid butter 98 will gravitate downwardly through the apertures 96 ito the brushes I00 ad these brushes I00 will spread this liquid butter evenly over the surface of the cob and feed liquid butter to the brushes I04 which will complete the process of coating the cob with liquid butter. It has been found that provision of the brushes encircling the apertures 96, and formed with small channels extending through the brush, has resulted in satisfactory control of the flow of the liquid butter, the said flow being substantially stopped when the brushes are not agitated by the cobs I92. Obviously the cobs, after being buttered, will be removed from the chain 34, as at the right hand end of the Figure 1.

From the foregoing description it is thought that a clear understanding of how this invention may be reduced to practice may be obtained, and further description is thought unnecessary.

Though there has been shown a particular embodiment of this invention, this application is not limited to this particular embodiment, but

it is desired to include in the scope of this invention the construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions substantially as set forth in the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A corncob buttering machine comprising a frame, an endless conveyor operatively mounted on said frame, a liquid butter reservoir mounted on said frame above a portion of said conveyor and having a restricted outlet in the base thereof, and means to actuate said conveyor, said reservoir having brush means adjacent said outlet and substantially encircling cobs brought into contact therewith by said conveyor, said brush being divided into upper and lower portions, the lower portion being fixed on the frame and the upper portion being vertically slidably mounted on the lower portion to accommodate cobs of different sizes.

2. A corncob buttering machine comprising a frame, an endless conveyor operatively mounted on said frame, a liquid butter reservoir mounted on said frame above a portion of said conveyor and having a plurality of restricted outlets in the base thereof, and means to actuate said conveyor, said reservoir having a brush assembly adjacent said outlet and substantially encircling cobs brought into contact therewith by said conveyor, said reservoir being vertically slidable and said brush being divided into upper and lower portions to accommodate cobs of different sizes, the upper portion of said brush assembly carrying said reservoir and having guiding pins vertically slidably mounted in said lower portion, the lower portion being fixed on said frame, and said brush assembly comprising groups of bristles having ends attached to said reservoir in encircling arrangement with reference to said outlets so that liquid butter will gravitate from the reservoir through the outlets and bristles on the upper portion of the brush assembly to drip onto that part of the brush assembly on the lower portion of the brush assembly.

3. A corncob buttering machine comprising a frame, an endless conveyor operatively mounted on said frame, a liquid butter reservoir mounted on said frame above a portion of said conveyor and having a restricted outlet in the base thereof, a motor to actuate said conveyor, said conveyor being entrained on three sprockets one of which is carried by the drive shaft of said motor, a plate fixed on said frame and having slot apertures therein to receive bolts adjustably securing said motor on said plate. 1

PAUL W. SCI-DICK.

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